Amnesty International Calls For "Unconditional" Release Of Detained CCC Activists
8 months agoThu, 18 Jul 2024 05:56:37 GMT
Amnesty International has urged Zimbabwean authorities to immediately and unconditionally release over 70 opposition members which it said were detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their human rights.
The detained individuals are members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party, and they were arrested on June 16, 2024, while gathered at the home of the party’s interim leader, Jameson Timba.
Both the Magistrates Court and the High Court have denied them bail since their arrest.
Khanyo Farise, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa said:
Zimbabwean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release the CCC opposition party members and drop all the charges against them. Their arbitrary, month-long detention is an outrage which must end now.
This lengthy, baseless detention plainly violates Zimbabwe’s Constitution and its international human rights obligations.
Authorities must end the crackdown on civic space and ensure everyone can freely speak and gather peacefully without fear of arrest or torture and other ill-treatment.
On Wednesday, High Court Judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi dismissed an appeal filed by the CCC activists against the denial of bail by Magistrate Ruth Moyo.
The judge upheld the magistrate’s decision, resulting in the continued detention of the 74 CCC activists.
However, one accused individual, Maxwell Sande, who is below the age of 18 years, was released into the custody of his father, Cecil Sande.
The CCC activists are charged with holding an unlawful gathering to plan anti-government protests.
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ClD Admire kuyeri · 8 months ago
Jelly.Chitokisi iweee budaumo Zimbabwe
ClD Admire kuyeri · 8 months ago
CCC
🏃♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
Vana amnesty international kungoriwo kuvhuvhuta kwemhepo. Ma cheerleaders eOpposition. They should be celebrating kuti pabatwa basa hurumende yasunga ma criminals. Apa busy sympathazing ne mgido 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.Zvino unconditional release vachaionera kuhope sabhinya. They can write very long paragraphs. They can present all sorts of speeches but the law shall be harsh on terrorists. FOREVER AND EVER AMEN!!!
Erudite · 8 months ago
@ Zuze 😳 are you high or something...Do you support those ISIS sympathizers to the point of comparing Zimbabwe to Nazi Germany...Nazi Germany is the epitome of what all those Western countries want to be... Zimbabwe is a sovereign country and Free country..We never had any colonies or second class citizens. We have never imposed our way of life on anyone unlike what Nazi Germany did...
Staying out of jail is pretty easy please yet some people who support perennial election losers would make you think otherwise...Do you want the police to give you a big sloppy kiss when you organize terror attacks on the populace of Zimbabwe...Eeh stay out of echo chambers please or better yet leave the country I hear our borders are very porous for now... Erudite out
Erudite · 8 months ago
@ Pipi if by radical you mean an entitled ogre who supports unapologetic neocolonialists that beg for the days their white masters were in charge....Why are you so hell-bent on playing the victim so much grow up please and actually appreciate the efforts being made to improve the healthcare sector... Despite healthcare being one of the least productive sectors of the economy the government gives ample financial backing to it..For a third world country we have decent and affordable healthcare which is more than I can say for some other countries that such dry the poor and middle class...Step out of your echo chamber and see the real Zimbabwe filled with people smiling from ear to ear appreciating the efforts of the government... Heck even vestiges of imperialism like the UN ranked Zimbabwe highly in terms of happiness and the long maligned alleged financial sector juggernaut commended the steady and innovative currency the ZiG...Zimbabwe is moving forward and only those that support the ISIS sympathizer Chamisa think otherwise... Erudite out
Zuze · 8 months ago
Just like in NAZI Germany, Zimbabwe has three layers of people who are a threat to society:-
1. (Hitler & Führentag) ED and cohorts;
2. (Goebbels) Charamba & satellites (incl trolls on Pindula)
3. (SS -Shutz Staffel) CIO/FAZ, Sanyatwe & Co.
Here on this platform we have obnoxious commentators, the likes of Griot, Chipfambi cheZANU, Oncemore who spew such vitrio as to make nonsense of anything said against the regime. We also have a plethora of trolls who directly and indirectly threaten contrary commentators and populace at large. Threats of jail, disappearance, murder/shooting etc as if violence against people is the prerogative of ZANU
🏋️🕺⛹️ · 8 months ago
munhu anotaura achizvipindura haapenge?👇👇
Erudite · 8 months ago
@ Chibaba report me for what😂😂😂....This is not a CCC echo chamber where pro-opposition viewpoints are given special treatment... Pindula is a free speech platform where everyone including a jacka$$ like you gets a say...For someone that constantly clamors for free speech you are way too eager to silence me... Hypocrisy much🤨... Erudite out
Pipi · 8 months ago
True that Pindula accomodates everyone. For example, your kind and the rest of the us🤣
Erudite · 8 months ago
@ 👀👀 I do not care whether an counterfeit products selling strumpet like you reads my comments or not...We are coming for you illegal vendors who do not pay taxes... Erudite out
Erudite · 8 months ago
😂😂😂 so doing the bidding of Western puppets is now the thing clever people...You might not reply me but my message is still true..The CCC is a terrorist organization which models itself after ISIS as illustrated by the use of a finger symbol by their former leader Chamisa.... Erudite out
Erudite · 8 months ago
@ Y Sanctions are illegal no two ways about it..Why do you support your own subjugation 🚮...They have to be removed so that individuals and other states can freely transact with us without fear of harsh punishment and reprisals from a drugged up superpower and her cronies.... Sanctions are affecting even you dear gullible mongrel who believes hogwash told to them by Quislings... Erudite out
👀👀 · 8 months ago
dai riri watsaap grp ndoovanhu vanoburitswa mu grp,l stopped reading his long dictionaries,l skip them
Chibaba · 8 months ago
Let's report him to Pindula he is a nuisance.
Chibaba · 8 months ago
Put more sanctions
Y
· 8 months ago
@Erudite, Colonial Masters, but you're busy using their currency, you can't even use your own, forming organizations against the so called Sanctions, why so obsessed about going to those so called Colonial Masters what do you want from your enemies
leeroy · 8 months ago
ndosaka tichiti hapana mutemo munyika
Erudite · 8 months ago
Amnesty international the organization synonymous with supporting the acts of our former colonial masters and their colonial ambitions .. Furthermore we will not have this colonial remnant dictating our way of life... Zimbabwe is a sovereign and free country.Instead of focusing it's efforts in active war zones or curbing systemic racism within the organization they are busy sticking their undoubtedly hooked nose into a sovereign nation's affair... Those are terrorists who deserve to be locked up as they are a danger to society ala Al Qaeda style...The terror squad already has child soldiers who are willing to topple the government so the state had to act fast... Erudite out
Antman · 8 months ago
If they can't have bail them atleast trial them if there is no evidence release them. There are high likely to be released like Job. We nlw know our justice system is Kak
fugu pfeee · 8 months ago
kubva 2000 amnesty international ichingovavata. muno muzim tinozvitonga. we fought for independence not freedom
Antman · 8 months ago
The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others. ▼ show
The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
uncountable) The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
Synonyms: freehood
Having recently been released from prison, he didn't know what to do with his newfound freedom.
(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
Synonyms: freeness
Freedom of speech is a basic democratic value.
People in our city enjoy many freedoms.
Every child has a right to freedom from fear and freedom from want.
The right or privilege of unrestricted use or access
Freedom of a city
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Frankness; openness; unreservedness. ▼ show
Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum. ▼ show
Next time consider definition of words and theor meaning. Being independent means you're free. You now have sort of freedom
Sekuru Vekuzowa · 8 months ago
what is independence?
. · 8 months ago
@sekuru vekuzowa, independence is being oppressed by blacks instead of whites.
Independence is freedom of the Rulers to break the law with impunity.
independence is freedom. by the Rulers, to loot national coffers without hindrance, while povo starve.
independence is reliance on donors for food while black political elites Farm sora beans where whites used to grow soya beans
independence is depending on American and British medicines while the black Rulers use taxpayers money to get medical attention in Singapore and China
independence is.... (chipedzisaiwo)
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jaa · 8 months ago
iwe ndiwe ucharova pasi. uchatevera vakatiza muno, ramba uchiwawata sembwa yaba majuru uchidero
KG · 8 months ago
Madness! RELEASING TERRORISTS IS THE WORST ACT ANY RESPONSIBLE GVT WOULD EVER DO. THOSE SELLOUTS MUST ROT IN JAIL. INFACT GO AND THROW THE JAIL KEYS INTO THE ZAMBEZI. PEOPLE WHO PLAN TO DESTABILIZE THE COUNTRY MUST BE TREATED WITHOUT MERCY.
G42 · 8 months ago
Vanhu vatadzei Mari varikuba havasi kusungwa kurikusungwa vasinamhosva.
Mhofu · 8 months ago
Stop interfering with our court processes and instead go to Israel and tell them to stop killing innocent Palestinians. You bastards
kh · 8 months ago
zvako nhai, Israel yaparadza Palestine asi. vanyerere kungohwa kuti ZIMBABWE chete,haaa ungati ndisabhuku watoregwa mukadzi nemukomana wemombe
